I have a bread starter that I feed every week. I got it about 10 years ago from my sister in law who had had it herself for about 17 years. It lives in the fridge and I feed it potato flakes, sugar and water about every 10 days or so.
It makes the yummiest home made bread ever. I always serve it at parties and it gets devoured.
While on the subject of bread...I have this adorable little pamphlet "Tummy Tingles" put out by the Wheat Flour Institute in 1937. Dancing cakes, pies and biscuits...those vintage illustrations get me everytime!
It has cute little poems about cupcakes, pancakes, biscuits and such. The illustrations and this charming little poem about bread are sure to bring a smile to your face.
Bread, I love you - yes I do! Truly, I could just EAT you - Fresh from Mother's baking pan, or bought from our nice bakerman.
Bread, I love you spread with jam, peanut butter or minced ham. And marmalade or jelly makes you taste as good as the finest cakes!
I don't know when I love you most, when you're white or when your toast. But either way I feel well fed, when you are with me, Mister Bread.
I love you bread, you are my friend - to me your strength you gladly lend. And your friendship I would share, with hungry children everywhere.
Ode to bread. I prefer my bread warm from the oven with a little butter. Happy Day!
OMG, I could live on homemade bread.
Literally, I could just sit and eat a loaf with nothing on it or with anything on it. My downfall is bread. That pamphlet is not allowed anywhere near me!!!
Annette
Posted by: Annette | August 11, 2011 at 09:50 AM
Adorable poem, although that bread fellow looks a little shady to me - LOL!
I had to stop baking bread because we LOVE warm bread, fresh from the oven, with real butter.
Posted by: Kathy | August 11, 2011 at 11:31 AM
I've always been scared of those Friendship Bread starters. But, I guess if yours is 10-27 years old and you are still healthy, then it can't be that scary. Love the dancing bread guy - he should do a jig with The Breadman. :)
Posted by: Shara | August 11, 2011 at 01:31 PM
Happiness=a dancing biscuit.
Does it get any better? :o)
Posted by: Melissa | August 11, 2011 at 07:13 PM
1. Anthropomorphic bread scares me.
2. HERMAN! You have herman starter. I think. I was just talking about this the other day. No one I knew had ever heard of "feeding" a starter. We used to call it Herman!
3. Tummy Tingles sounds like something best taken care of by a physician and a bout of antibiotics. Or worse.
That is all.
You made me smile!!
Kathy
Posted by: Kathy | August 11, 2011 at 08:06 PM
OMG! Too cute! My dd who is 10yo has had bread with butter and jam as her bedtime snack all her life...will probably continue until the end of time.....I love those ads.....too cute!
Posted by: Gail | August 11, 2011 at 09:36 PM
That poem says it all: That's exactly how I feel about bread! Sweet book!
Posted by: Barbara | August 12, 2011 at 04:50 AM
Hi Laurie,
oooooooh, your bread looks really
yummy!! I did this some years
ago but, ...sadly didn't keep it
up. I do remember it was a fairly
new start-up and I believe the
instructions called it a Herman
Bread. I had to let it go when
my refrigerator went "kaplunk"!
That pamphlet is tooo cute!
I need homemade bread now......
Hugs,
Janis :)
Posted by: Janis | August 13, 2011 at 07:31 PM
Oh I love home made bread!!! Love the pamphlet to:)
Posted by: elma | August 19, 2011 at 07:14 AM